Despite being held to two hits, Liberty Union outlasts North Union

12:11 AM,
May 17, 2013

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Written by

Vince Nairn
The Eagle-Gazette Staff

BALTIMORE - Mike Schmidt took a heavy sigh as he walked off the field Thursday after Liberty Union squeezed out a 3-1 win against North Union in a Division III second-round district tournament game.

He was not close to satisfied with how the Lions played. But the single-elimination tournament is all about winning, and Liberty Union avoided an upset.

"We approached it like this was a top team," Schmidt said. "I know they're a lower seed, but the (Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference) is a good league. All those teams up in that league are always very good. If we made mistakes, we were going to get burned." ...